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8:52 pm
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Hangman (Admin) has changed groupchat name to North Island Daggers
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thanks Bagman
Hangman (Admin) has changed groupchat settings. Names have been changed on 12 members
Hangman: There happy Halo? I’ve nicknamed you all to your callsigns.
Halo: yes actually
Fritz: How the hell did you have all our numbers???
Harvard: and why Whatsapp and not just a basic text message?
Hangman: because one of us has an android and ruins the ability to
message with just internet.
Coyote: fuck you too hangman.
Phoenix: Mind telling us why you’ve actually made this groupchat when we
literally just said goodnight in the mess hall. And why it couldnt wait till
disembarking in the morning
Bob: It’s probably about the email.
Payback: The email?
Fanboy: email?????
Hangman: Clearly BOB and I are the only ones who check our emails
with adequate timing
Coyote: Ok just saw it, this is awesome.
Fritz: damn. Really gonna ignore my question. Fine. I’ll just think you’re in
contact with the NSA
Harvard: update for those of us to lazy to look at our emails as often as you
two do?
Phoenix: Oh shit.
Phoenix: I will agree with Coyote this is awesome
Rooster: Echoing Harvard. For those of us that aren’t suppose to look at our
electronics because we’re on concussion protocol please
Fanboy: how are you texting then???
Rooster: Siri.
Rooster: But I think the shit eating grin Mav has on his face is because he
may know about the email as well
Yale: Ok so basically…
Fritz: So basically…
Yale: Jinx
Fritz: Jinx!
Phoenix: Children
Omaha: I swear this chat is draining my phone’s ability to actually load said
email pass the subject line. All I’m seeing is Potential Restationing
Bob: They’re creating a new fighter squad out of NAS North Island.
Harvard: But there’s no fighter squadrons currently based out of North
Island? Only Helicopters? Do they have the capability to set one up and keep
it running even?
Phoenix: Apparently but its one we’ve all been exclusively invited too.
Rooster: Not ordered?
Payback: Nope. It’s our choice as a ‘thank you’ for surviving a suicide
mission.
Halo: theyre pitching it as a permanent post. we wouldn’t be assigned to
one carrier like most squads. We’ll move to where we’re needed and be
flown into needed carrier or location. we also will be guest lecturers if we
want. someone clearly kicked some sense into the higher ups that having a
team like ours can actually complete missions a drone cant.
Payback: amen. We’re too good together to break up.
Fanboy: all praise admiral Kazansky.
Rooster: Ice did this?
Phoenix: You call him Ice?
Hangman: Ya, the email is signed by his office
Hangman: he was in the room during the debrief too. He was silently
sitting towards the head of the conference table. Didn’t anyone else
notice him? I bet as soon as we left he declared the squad official and
emails were sent out.
Harvard: I couldn’t stop looking at Cyclone. His head was about ready to
explode.
Coyote: Man had so much faith in us he probably had everything ready to
go, just wanted the mission completed before finalizing it and submitting
the final paperwork.
Yale: I dont know about the rest of you but im gonna take it. Any chance not
to end up in Nevada is a good one.
Fritz: the email included teaching. They may have us fly out to Fallon to
teach.
Yale: Temporary for a week is better then a 6 month deployment or being
based there.
Fritz: ok thats true.
Halo: im gonna say yes.
Payback: im in.
Bob: Rooster, you said that Mav is grinning?
Rooster: Like a cat that caught the canary. Give me like a minute to see if I
can get more info.
Hangman: 50 dollars Maverick’s the head of the squadron.
Phoenix: You know what? Bet. With how many people the captain’s pissed off
no way are they letting him be incharge even if it be the smartest choice.
Coyote: Ya i’d like to know who’s gonna running this before I say yes. If its
under Cyclone idk how I feel about that.
Fanboy: ^^^^
Harvard: man did want us to make the suicide mission more suicidy.
Omaha: Maverick makes the most logical sense if they want to keep this so
called miracle squad together.
Halo: Ya but he’s a captain.
Hangman: Watch them promote him finally just to keep him out of the
team leader slot and actually run the squadron.
Rooster: Ok I got info on that actually. It’s not Cyclone. But neither of you
win the bet Phoenix
Phoenix: hit us with it.
Hangman: How do neither of us win a bet with only two outcoomes.
Fanboy: whats the tea?
Fritz: sight your sources.
Rooster: A heads up i’m not typing this, but its being typed for me. To
much info to trust Siri not to mess up. And I got permission to share this.
Coyote: permission??????
Halo: who do you have to write for you? None of us are there??
Rooster: Maverick’s getting promoted. It is non-negotiable and he already
knows so he’s not gonna fight it for once. The condition is that if he gets
promoted he will be in partial charge of the squadron. If he hadn’t pissed off
as many admirals as he had he’d probably have full command. So an admiral
that actually likes Maverick is going to co-lead with him so he’s not pissing
everyone else off.
Hangman: There’s Admirals left that actually like Maverick?
Omaha: Maverick’s fought off promotions before?
Payback: Who’s the co-leader?
Rooster: I remind you I got permission to tell only this group so no spilling
it outside this chat until its officially announced.
Phoenix: Ya we get it.
Fanboy: Lips sealed.
Yale: Just fucking tell us who’s the bastard we have to appese in order to
stick together.
Rooster: Maverick managed to guilt trip his partner into taking the position.
Halo: Partner?
Payback: As in married?
Rooster: Yes.
Hangman: wait.
Fanboy: what?
Hangman: no. no no no.
Hangman: you have to be joking.
Rooster: Sadly ‘nope’.
Fritz: What are the rest of us missing that Hangman has apparently put
together.
Halo: why the ‘ ‘?
Bob: He guilt tripped an admiral? He actually accomplished that? The only
one that he’d possibly be close to is Kazansky as far as I can think.
Phoenix: Wait are you telling us not only is Pete “Maverick” Mitchell married,
but its to Admiral Kazansky and they’re going to be the head of our squadron??
Rooster: Disgustingly. Yes
Halo: oh shit
Harvard: dammmmmmnnnnn
Yale: Maverick married up.
Coyote: If that's the case, I’m in.
Omaha: I think saying no would lead to a pissed off Kazansky. I’ve only seen a
pissed off Kazansky once and the person it was directed to was discharged
within a day. I’m not risking it so I’m in.
Halo: he wouldn’t be pissed if you said no omaha
Rooster: He’d be disappointed probably.
Omaha: I’m not risking it.
Rooster: Wait no he’d definitely be disappointed. Mav too.
Hangman: How the hell do you even know that.
Fanboy: ^^^
Rooster: Cause when Ice read the message out loud his face fell and it gave me
just enough time to grab my phone back from him as Mav complained about
not keeping the full set together. Also the ‘ ‘ were him because the man refuses
to use nope in any normal sense.
Halo: WHAT
Omaha: WHat
Payback: Are you saying Kazansky was the one texting for you????
Harvard: WAIT he just read my bastard comment???
Rooster: yes to booth. Mav’s on a worse concussion protocol then I am so I
couldn’t let him do it. At least I can use my phone according to the medics. Uncle
Ice was just saying no so I would sleep maybe? Plus Ice actually types what I tell
him to. Mav would just type what he wanted.
Phoenix: …
Phoenix: BRAD BRAD WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN UNCLE ICE.
Harvard: rest in pieces
Yale: We’re here to attend the funeral of one brad brad.
Fritz: killed by one phoenix after knocking his new squadron over the head with
what he calls the COMPACFLT
Payback: I have so many questions
Fanboy: and yet no answers
Halo: Alright gang, who wants to go storm the med bay with me so we can get
answers faster then Rooster can text.
Coyote: im in.
Hangman: Met ya there.
Omaha: On my way.
Rooster: guys, Visiting hours ended like 30 minutes ago.
Hangman: Yet you have an Uncle COMPACFLT who can bend rules it
seems.
Hangman: And we’re gonna abuse that.
Hangman: See you in a few Chicken
Rooster: I fucking hate all of you.
Fanboy: tell tht to our faces in a minute
Mitchell
9:46 pm
Ice: This is your fucking fault Mav.
Mav: What?
Ice: Don't give me the innocent what. The 11 new children you’ve
forced me to adopt are your fault.
Mav: Technically you gave me this posting so therefore it’s your fault. Plus,
they adopted me. I didn’t adopt them. Also why are you texting me when
we’re in the same room?
Ice: None of them will be afraid of me anymore thanks to you. Also
because I want to yell at you but both Halo and Fanboy know ASL
along with Bradley so I can’t curse you out that way.
Mav: Fine, fair. I’ll give you that. You’re the COMPACFLT, they’ll all have a
slight fear of you as long as you’re the boss. Also how do you know that
they know ASL?
Mav: But you had to know this adoption was a possibility.
Ice: It's in their files which i thought you memorized like you told me
you did.
Ice: And I took a calculated risk to try and get you to reconcile with
Bradley. I didn’t exactly think that end up with the rest of the squadron
becoming our kids. They’re all like 30. How the fuck did you manage to
adopt a bunch of adults.
Mav: But its just part of my charm.
Ice: sure.
Mav: You know you love it.
Ice: Remind me why i married you again.
Mav: Cause you love me.
Ice: Remind me why again.
Mav: :0
Mav: Also dont think I didn’t just notice you admit to setting me and
Bradley back into each others paths you puppet master.
Ice: Dumbass
Mav: but yet still the best pilot.
Ice: in your dreams mitchell.
Mav: Mitchell-Kazansky actually.
Uncle Maverick (I.C.E)
9:51pm
Bradley: Would you and Ice please stop sexting while we’re all in the
room.
Mav: How would you know if we’re sexting
Bradley: Fine.
Bradley: Would you and Ice please stop having a foreplay argument
while your new squadron, including your godson, is in the room? This
is worse then the ASL fights.
Mav: Again I ask how you know if we’re doing that.
Bradley: You’re literally texting each other clearly. Also Uncle Ice has
that look on his face like he wants to smother you with a pillow while
you’re happily grinning.
Bradley: I may have been 19 the last time I was home to witness this exact
shit. But I explicitly remember cursing thin walls later.
Mav: what.
Bradley: yep. Remember when your godson is under your roof or in the
fucking room for fucks sake.
Bradley: So please put the phone down. Before I tell Ice about you told me to
smile and wave at the enemy pilots
Mitchell
9:53pm
Mav: I’ve been told by our son to stop foreplay argue texting.
Ice: More like your son.
Mav: He only got my self preservation instincts. He got the blackmailing
from you.
Ice: That's enough for me to worry about leaving you two alone.
Ice: Wait blackmailing?
Ice: What does he have on you to blackmail with. You haven’t spoken in 10+
years.
Mav: Nothing, dont worry about it
Ice: Mav what did you fucking do out in the woods with Bradley?
North Island Daggers
10:01 pm
Phoenix: Anyone who knows ASL and can translate whatever the hell they’re
saying?
Halo: oh ya I got ya.
Halo: ice to mav- you can’t set down your phone to avoid confronting me.
Halo: mav to rooster- this is your fault
Halo: rooster- my fault?
Halo: ice- don’t bring Bradley into this. your dumbass did something for him
to have blackmail on you.
Hangman: Rooster is trying to commit blackmailing?
Halo: mav- im alive arent I its fine.
Halo: rooster- Mav told me to smile and wave at the enemy fighters when
they first found us.
Halo: mav- you’re a fucking traitor kid.
Halo: ice- you what?
Halo: mav- I had to figure out how to convince them we were friendly
Halo: ice- Smile and wave?
Halo: ice- Smile and wave Mav. you told Bradley that as a reliable suggestion.
Halo: mav- what else was I suppose to do.
Halo: rooster- something better then an animated penguin reference.
Halo: ice- idiot. Also don’t think I’ve forgot about the fact you wanted to
blackmail him Bradley
Harvard: damn firstnamed.
Halo: ok they’re going to quick for me to type and translate at this point.
something about the last time mav did something idiotic it resulted with
goats in their backyard?
Fanboy: There’s a whole lot of inuendos in their signing too. It seems that
Rooster is using the sign Dad when addressing Maverick, and Ice and him
are using son interchangeably towards rooster.
Hangman: I’m getting more and more questions then answers with this
entire conversation.
Payback: “Thanks Dad”
Fritz: “Did you just call Captain Mav Dad?”
Harvard: “Do you see me as a father figure Rooster?”
Phoenix: No if anything i see you as a bother figure, cause you’re always
bothering me.
Bob: Hey, show your father some respect.
Rooster: I didn’t call him dad.
Halo: oh fuck where’d you come from.
Rooster: you act like i didn’t notice both mine and the rest of your phones
buzzing. So i dropped the convo and actually looked at what you all were
doing. And i didn’t call him Dad, i called him Mav.
Fanboy: Ok but you did call him dad. You literally did the sign for dad.
Rooster: Fuck you’re fluent?
Halo: we both are.
Coyote: man didn’t even scroll up.
Rooster: you were all spamming the chat.
Yale: Sounds like a you problem.
Omaha: y’all. The admiral and captain have stopped arguing if nobody else
has noticed and are now staring at us all on our phones.
Halo: i’ll give 5 dollars to the first person to ask why they call Rooster son.
Rooster: HALO
Uncle Maverick (I.C.E)
10:13pm
Bradley: Halo put up money for the first person who asked about our
history.
Mav: I believe you.
Mav: Son.
Mav: Do you want to talk about it later over a game of catch?
Bradley: …
Bradley: I'd like that.